NYU Steinhardt

Phonetics and Phonemics

Course Number: CSCD-UE 0061

Hours: 30

Units: 3

Description: This course introduces students to the nature of human speech & speech sounds. The course goals are: (1) To understand how different sounds are produced; (2) To be able to describe how these sounds are produced; (3) To learn to produce & perceive different sounds (including those that are not present in Standard American English); (4) To understand how sounds pattern in different dialects of American English, in Standard American English, & also across different languages (phonology).